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Ha! I might be on the other side of fence here! I really like Google’s AI overview results so much that I’ve stopped going past it. Can you give a few examples

Ha! I might be on the other side of fence here! I really like Google’s AI overview results so much that I’ve stopped going past it. Can you give a few examples where it didn’t work for you? If you don’t like it, just go past it. Why to get so angry? :-)

noplacelikehome 1y ago
Two reasons I can think of: it wastes your time to have keep scrolling past blatant hallucinations, and it still costs the environment to compute it. I'm happy to cost Google some money, but I'm less happy about the environmental impact they'll inevitably not pay for.
- ryandrake 1y ago
  The over-arching good reason is simply: I don't want it. That should be good enough! As the user, I should be able to command my computer to output what I want it to output, and to not output what I don't want it to output. The user should have the final say over what computation does or does not happen on his computer, not the web or application developer. And we don't need these "Take it or leave it" ultimatums from developers. Using a computer should not be some faustian bargain, where you have to sacrifice something in order to have it precisely follow the commands you issue.
mostlysimilar 1y ago
How about it's wrong and makes things up? Critical example on the front page of HN this morning in fact. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092925 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092925
const_cast 1y ago
> If you don’t like it, just go past it. Why to get so angry? :-) These "if you don't like it just ignore it!" type arguments are so low-brow and intellectually lazy they legitimately make me question the longevity of the human race. Its the adult version of holding your hand in someone's face and saying "nuh uh I'm not touching you I'm not touching you!" The difference is, we left that at the playground at 8 years old.
- mandeepj 1y ago
  > make me question the longevity of the human race. You know what’s low-brow, lazy and low IQ? The mindset to question everything! Have you heard about - everything is not for everyone? If not, you have now. > The difference is, we left that at the playground at 8 years old. No, you didn’t!! You are still holding on to it to your dear chest.
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  - const_cast 1y ago
    This comment doesn't even make sense.

noplacelikehome 1y ago

Two reasons I can think of: it wastes your time to have keep scrolling past blatant hallucinations, and it still costs the environment to compute it. I'm happy to cost Google some money, but I'm less happy about the environmental impact they'll inevitably not pay for.

ryandrake 1y ago
The over-arching good reason is simply: I don't want it. That should be good enough! As the user, I should be able to command my computer to output what I want it to output, and to not output what I don't want it to output. The user should have the final say over what computation does or does not happen on his computer, not the web or application developer. And we don't need these "Take it or leave it" ultimatums from developers. Using a computer should not be some faustian bargain, where you have to sacrifice something in order to have it precisely follow the commands you issue.

mostlysimilar 1y ago

How about it's wrong and makes things up? Critical example on the front page of HN this morning in fact. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092925 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092925

const_cast 1y ago

> If you don’t like it, just go past it. Why to get so angry? :-) These "if you don't like it just ignore it!" type arguments are so low-brow and intellectually lazy they legitimately make me question the longevity of the human race. Its the adult version of holding your hand in someone's face and saying "nuh uh I'm not touching you I'm not touching you!" The difference is, we left that at the playground at 8 years old.

mandeepj 1y ago
> make me question the longevity of the human race. You know what’s low-brow, lazy and low IQ? The mindset to question everything! Have you heard about - everything is not for everyone? If not, you have now. > The difference is, we left that at the playground at 8 years old. No, you didn’t!! You are still holding on to it to your dear chest.
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- const_cast 1y ago
  This comment doesn't even make sense.